The Oklahoma City Thunder have gone through a turbulent offseason, and the winds of change are still blowing.

According to a report from Scott Soschnik of bloomberg.com, the Thunder will be looking for a new part-owner of the franchise, as a 22 percent stake has opened up:

A 22% stake in the team — previously owned by the late energy magnate Aubrey McClendon — is available, according to people familiar with the situation.

Bloomberg notes that the 22 percent stake will change hands in a private sale through the boutique investment bank Inner Circle Sports. However, all parties involved have declined to comment at this time.

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The 22% stake has been held by McClendon’s estate since his 2016 death. The Chesapeake Energy Corp. co-founder perished in a single-car crash, which resulted in a number of creditor claims. Oaktree Capital Group LLC had put a claim on cash from a sale of the team stake, although the firm was repaid after the estate sold oil-and-gas leasehold interests in a separate transaction.

The Thunder will look quite a bit different in the coming season, as the team has traded Paul George and Russell Westbrook for Chris Paul and a plethora of draft picks. However, if it's a rebuild the team is after, they're going about it the right way. Oklahoma City will have as many as 14 first-round selections through the 2026 NBA season — and that's not counting the pick swaps they acquired in recent deals.

Though Oklahoma City is not in one of the NBA's larger markets, the Thunder are still worth roughly $1.5 billion at this point, according to Forbes. That places the team somewhere in the middle of the pack, with regards to overall value.

Potential buyers will likely recognize the fact that the Thunder are a growing franchise — one that has been building momentum for a decade. Their stretch of playoff appearances is impressive, but the team also posted an average local television rating of 6.69 this season, which was second only to the Golden State Warriors, according to Forbes.